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Orion Marine to dredge Sabine-Neches Waterway
Orion Marine Construction Inc., from Tampa, Florida, recently won a $9.5 million contract for Sabine-Neches Waterway maintenance dredging and Cameron Parish, Louisiana, pipeline dredging. Bids for this dredging program were solicited via the internet with four received, reports the U.S. Department o
Blount Island modernization project moves forward
The JAXPORT Board of Directors unanimously awarded a $48.8 million construction services contract yesterday to Superior Construction Company LLC for terminal improvements to enable the SSA Jacksonville Container Terminal at Blount Island to accommodate more containers. The construction contract cove
New sloped clamshell bucket from Cashman
In the fall of 2017, Cashman Dredging and Marine Contracting Company, LLC designed a state-of-the-art sloped clamshell bucket with partner Anvil Attachments to deploy on the contoured subsurface profile of the New Bedford Harbor Cleanup Project in Massachusetts. Conventional flat-level clamshell buc
Corpus Christi dredging project moving forward
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently awarded a $139 million construction contract to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, LLC. (GLDD), to complete the third phase of the landmark Port of Corpus Christi Ship Channel Improvement Project (CIP). The four-phase infrastructure project will increase the
Third-largest beachfill project kicks off in Panama City Beach
The fifth renourishment cycle of the Panama City Beaches is now underway, with an anticipated completion by early 2022. According to the city officials, construction mobilization began on September 2, while active dredging and placement of sand on the Carillon Beach started in mid- September. This r
First contract awarded for CEPP EAA Reservoir
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District has awarded the first construction contract for the Central Everglades Planning Project Everglades Agricultural Area Phase reservoir, a key component of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP). The $79.8 million Contract 10A was aw
Southwind to dredge Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway
Southwind Construction Corporation of Evansville, Indiana, recently won a $3.8 million contract for the maintenance dredging of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. According to the Army Corps’ Wilmington District, the contract covers several North Carolina counties including Brunswick, Carteret, Ons
Bogue Inlet dredging about to begin
USACE will begin a dredging project along the Bogue Inlet “connecting channel” on Sunday, September 26, the Carteret County Shore Protection Office said. The dredging program is anticipated to take 7 to 10 days to complete and USACE will be utilizing their sidecast dredge, the Merritt, to conduct th
VIDEO: Repairing LaSalle Park seawall
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, has just released a very interesting video named ‘LaSalle/Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Park shoreline protection project update – September 2021’. In the video, Gabriel Schmidbauer, USACE Buffalo District project manager, provides an update on the repair wo
Chief’s Report signed for one of the largest projects in USACE history
USACE Commanding General and 55th U.S. Army Chief of Engineers, Lt. Gen. Scott Spellmon, signed the Chief’s Report for the Coastal Texas Protection and Restoration Study (The Coastal Texas Study) last week. This is a six-year, $20.63 million comprehensive study led by USACE in partnership with their
IADC: Exploring the case of a new port terminal in Amatique Bay
In their latest issue of the Terra et Aqua magazine, the International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) presented an article which dealt with the new port terminal project in Amatique Bay, Guatemala. The development of a new marine project demands a system approach in which all aspects, incl
Boost for restoration projects in Southwest Louisiana
Louisiana’s CPRA has been awarded a $28.68 million grant amendment to apply funds to the Calcasieu-Sabine Large-Scale Marsh and Hydrologic Restoration project in Cameron Parish. These funds will advance the project to benefit the 65,000-acre Cameron Creole Watershed through targeted large-scale mars